Delhi Capitals 213 for two (Rossouw 82*, Shaw 54, Curran 2-36) beat Punjab Kings 198 for 8 (Livingstone 94, Taide 55, Nortje 2-36, Ishant 2-36) by 15 runs

Warner, Shaw flick the swap on

Prithvi Shaw and David Warner acquired going progressively within the powerplay•BCCI

Rossouw's fifty takes it up a notch

Rahul Chahar wasn't having day. Soon after he was put away for 3 fours in his first two overs by Shaw, he dropped a tricky likelihood to offer Warner a life on 39. Warner continued to assault as a result of Capitals had all ten wickets in hand on the midway mark. But when he skied yet another, Shikhar Dhawan accomplished a spectacular catch at mid-off to take away him for 46 off 31.

Capitals stored the left-right mixture by sending out Rossouw at No. 3, and he attacked actually from ball one. That he pulled his first ball for 4 and drove his third for 4 extra confirmed how good the pitch was for batting. The vary he confirmed within the thirteenth over off Rabada epitomised his innings; a size ball hit straight for six, one other size ball positioned simply broad of brief third for 4, and yet one more size ball dispatched over sq. leg with a stunning pick-up shot for six in a 17-run over. Not lengthy after Rossouw additionally punished Chahar and Curran for sixes, Shaw holed out for 54 within the fifteenth over.

Kings belief Brar for dying overs

For the ultimate over, Dhawan as soon as once more trusted Brar as a substitute of the designated dying bowler Arshdeep, who had been costly in his first two. Rossouw mercilessly muscled Brar, who additionally gifted two wides, for 2 sixes and a 4 on the leg aspect. A misfield on the final ball from Rabada at tremendous leg gave Capitals their first 200-plus whole of the season.

Liam Livingstone fought a lone battle•Associated Press

Kings additionally begin gradual

Livingstone stands tall however alone

As quickly as Prabhsimran holed out to long-on off Axar Patel, it was all a Livingstone present. It began with Livingstone getting a life on 3 off Kuldeep Yadav when Anrich Nortje put him down at deep midwicket, and Taide too acquired dropped off Kuldeep in his subsequent over. Taide, nevertheless, couldn't rating freely as he struggled to search out the gaps or go over the fielders.

Livingstone, in the meantime, made use of his large bat swings for loads of hits within the 'V' down the bottom when the bowlers missed their lengths even marginally. He hit a boundary almost each over and was solely overwhelmed by Kuldeep a few instances. In the fifteenth over, he dispatched two full tosses from Mukesh Kumar for fours however Taide was labouring on the different finish and he retired out when Kings wanted a stiff 86 from 30 with their hitters Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan and Curran but to return.

Despite the firepower within the dugout, the heavy lifting was left for Livingstone. Jitesh holed out to lengthy leg for a duck within the sixteenth and Shahrukh discovered long-on within the seventeenth. Meanwhile, Livingstone blasted two sixes and a 4 off Khaleel, and three sixes got here off Mukesh within the 18th to make it 38 required from 12. Nortje then rattled Curran's leg stump with a yorker and when 33 had been left from the final six balls, Ishant began with a dot to all however seal it. His no-ball was thwarted for six, however he completed the sport with three dots and ship Kings' hopes crashing.

Vishal Dikshit is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo